The Orchards Nursery School

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

BoltonLocal Authority

Bolton South and WalkdenConstituency

BL4 0NSPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Orchards Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–4, located in Bolton, North West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 97 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

53%

Asian

20%

Black

11%

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

63%Boys

37%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

30%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 4
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 97
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 21 March 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
23 Dec 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.